Loyalty is staying true to someone. It is standing up for something you believe in without wavering. It is being faithful to your family, country, school, friends or ideals when the going gets tough as well as when things are good. With loyalty, you build relationships that last forever.
You are practicing loyalty when you:
– Stand up for people and ideas you believe in
– Choose your friends wisely
– Are a faithful friend through good times and bad
– Don’t allow loyalty to lead you into trouble
– Don’t let others come between you and your friends
– Are loyal to yourself
Affirmation:
I am loyal to the people and ideas I care about. I stand by my friends and loved ones. I keep my commitments.
The Source supports the Virtues Project, an international initiative focused on building peaceful and caring communities. We will publish one of the virtues developed by the project every week.
The Virtues Project is an international initiative focused on building peaceful and caring communities aligned to 52 virtues – such as “compassion,” “integrity,” “respect.” The Virtues Project promotes community capacity-building to teach positive behaviors and attitudes and contribute to healthy and supportive environments across sectors. This initiative originated with a work group of Early Childhood Advisory Committee of the Children and Families Council, and is supported by the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands, in collaboration with the Department of Education. The Virtues Project in the public schools. The goal is to engage the community in discussion and awareness of the “Virtue of the Week” in schools, child care settings, home, and the workplace through the media, religious institutions, schools and centers, government agencies, and business organizations.